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Columnists May 1, 20261 Min Read

Justice Warsame fits the bill for our progressive Supreme Court

By Hudson Gumbihi

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-05-02 10:00:00 Author: By Hudson Gumbihi Source: The Standard

May 1, 20261 Min Read

Registration of 2.6m new voters is an indicator of political awareness

May 1, 20265 Mins Read

Prezzo Ruto heads off to Dodoma to extend his colonial 'English' language project

May 1, 20261 Min Read

In Murang'a, UDA reckons he who pays piper seldom calls the tune

May 1, 20268 Mins Read

From boys to men: The pleasures and perils of parenting in New Age

April 30, 20267 Mins Read

Why many young scholars are reluctant to read complex texts

April 29, 20265 Mins Read

N: The oddly named town frozen in time

Be vigilant to divisive voices that could lead to Rwanda's 1994 path

Columnists April 25, 2026

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Black tax: To pay or not to pay? That's the question

April 25, 20261 Min Read

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Leaders out to extract political capital from fuel crisis

April 21, 20261 Min Read

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The golden age of pork is nigh and unstoppable

April 21, 20261 Min Read

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Kenya has no shortage of alternative tourist attractions

April 21, 2026

There's more to fuel prices than meets the eye

April 19, 2026

Rising dementia cases call for noble, cohesive response plan

April 18, 2026

How Uganda's new bill could backfire on its economy

April 17, 2026

IMF to Kenya: Truth shall set you free, but it doesn't mean freedom from yoke

April 16, 2026

Thika Road Ads: Firms never waste a good crisis

Columnists April 14, 2026

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2027 General Election and the return of ethnic nationalism

Columnists April 14, 20261 Min Read

Why Nyandarua's uniqueness makes it enigma of devolution

Columnists April 14, 2026

Look closely at your current and aspiring leaders ahead of 2027

Columnists April 13, 2026

Ruto out to conquer political constituency that Raila inherited

Columnists April 12, 2026

Ol Kalou fallout reveals protocol cracks, bruises presidency image

Columnists April 11, 2026

Kenya's freedoms requires constant defence, not laxity

Columnists April 11, 2026

Political violence signals troubled road to the 2027 General Election

Columnists April 10, 2026

Survival tales in the plains of Kajiado, and the making of the new metropoles

Columnists April 9, 2026

If we can't face up to the truth in schools' theatre, how about eating cake and having it?

Columnists April 9, 2026

Columnists April 9, 20261 Min Read

Riggy G skins Prezzo Ruto at foot of Mt Kenya, then lays his scalp out to dry

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Increasing political antagonism could push Kenya to the brink

Columnists April 8, 2026

Ease funding red tape to grow local enterprises

Columnists April 6, 2026

Kenya, like other countries, has many religions and a scarcity of faith

Columnists April 5, 2026

Business Weekly Round Up

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'Mimi ndio Sifuna': Why people are seeking political change

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna. [File, Standard] When an individual’s name morphs into a metaphor, it signals a crisis of representation. What began as…

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ODM's ideological stand cannot be dictated by individuals' dreams

ODM acting party leader Oburu Odinga among other leaders during former Prime Minsiter Raila Odinga’s memorial service at Sony Sugar Green Stadium, Migori County…

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How Prezzo Ruto is crafting the State of Kenya in own image

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-06-20 06:00:00 Author: By Pkemoi Ng’enoh Source: The Standard

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Kalonzo respects public office not as a means to private gain

Wiper Party Kalonzo Musyoka. [File, Standard] Public service is an obligation and not an opportunity or a ladder for personal enrichment. It is not a…

The economics of empathy

Columnists August 5, 20251 Min Read

Kenya doesn't need new leaders to steer progress, it needs new voters

Columnists October 4, 20251 Min Read

Wetang'ula's unmaking and the system that consumes its own

Columnists January 24, 20261 Min Read

Why Uhuru Kenyatta is the man to watch

Columnists November 17, 20252 Mins Read

From salacious rumours to wing ears, a moment of reckoning for our nation

Columnists March 19, 20261 Min Read

Self-medication is a product of dysfunctionality in public hospitals

Columnists September 1, 20251 Min Read

If we can't face up to the truth in schools' theatre, how about eating cake and having it?

Columnists April 9, 20261 Min Read

National interest rules, everyone else bows: Trump's lessons from Davos

Columnists January 23, 20261 Min Read

Down the Athi River, farmers and fishermen watch as their livelihoods are washed away

Columnists April 3, 20253 Mins Read

Whom do you know? The injustice of personalising service delivery

Columnists February 3, 20261 Min Read

Why history will judge MPs harshly on Infrastructure Fund

Columnists February 28, 20262 Mins Read

Politicians' verbal insults betray lack of regard to policy

Columnists March 21, 20266 Mins Read

Gentlemen, please speak up

Columnists January 20, 20261 Min Read

Raila's exit lays bare Kenya's political warriors and parasites

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

Echoes of WW II in row over Ukraine war

Columnists February 28, 20261 Min Read

Will the Kisii coronation elevate Matiang'i?

Columnists March 1, 20262 Mins Read

Let a new generation of honest leaders emerge ahead of 2027

Columnists October 4, 20257 Mins Read

Former Senator Orwoba is out and about, and she's kicking hard as ever

Columnists July 17, 20251 Min Read

Gachagua lost, Lamu Woman Rep gained from 'tutam' booing incident

Columnists January 11, 20261 Min Read

Get ready, 'Soundtrack To a Coup D'etat' will simply blow your mind

Columnists May 9, 20253 Mins Read

It's a shoe in: Ruto's reign will be defined by the flying missile

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

Westlands market's beauty and how self-regulation has kept it spick and span

Columnists October 8, 20255 Mins Read

Why Kenya needs a spiritual, intellectual think tank

Columnists November 22, 20251 Min Read

Political power shifts: Will morality and ethics keep pace with change?

Columnists February 28, 20261 Min Read